Sin City (Soundtrack)
Encyclopedia
Sin City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2005 film Sin City
. It features music composed by Robert Rodriguez
, John Debney
and Graeme Revell
, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony, as well as the orchestral track "Sensemayá
" from Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas
and the electronica
piece "Absurd" by Fluke
.
stories (written by Frank Miller
), each composer was assigned to score a different story. Revell scored the music to The Hard Goodbye
(Rodriguez co-scored for tracks four, six and eight); Debney scored The Big Fat Kill
(Rodriguez co-scored tracks eleven and twelve); Rodriguez scored That Yellow Bastard
as well as the opening credits sequence and the first track in the end credits.
and briefly appeared in the movie as a sample.
says, "While their largely synth-driven cues tend naturally towards brooding atmospheric soundscapes, their tense electro-rhythms are seasoned with bracing doses of sinewy, sensual sax and dotted with the occasional bongo flourish, details that musically evoke both a shadowy humanity and the film's genre-savvy roots."
Mike Brennan of SoundtrackNet
gives it four stars saying, "While each composer brings a different style and feel to the film, the rough saxophone and sorrowful trumpet and vocal solos maintain a soundscape that keeps the film one entity rather than three separate stories. Behind a groundbreaking visual piece is also a unique musical journey that truly takes the listener into the world of Sin City."
Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks.com
said, "Sin City is a decent score with an excellent rendering. No single element will blow you away (other than that final Debney cue), but its whole is surprisingly organic and pulpy."
Sin City (film)
Sin City, also known as Frank Miller's Sin City, is a 2005 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez...
. It features music composed by Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet...
, John Debney
John Debney
John C. Debney is an American film composer. He received an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...
and Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell is a New Zealand film score composer.Revell attended Auckland Grammar School, where he finished his final year in 7A...
, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony, as well as the orchestral track "Sensemayá
Sensemayá
Sensemayá is a poem by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, adapted as an orchestral work by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas. It is one of Revueltas's most famous compositions....
" from Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas
Silvestre Revueltas
Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor.-Life:...
and the electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
piece "Absurd" by Fluke
Fluke (band)
Fluke are an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band's manager...
.
Composers' approach
Because the film is based on different comic bookComic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
stories (written by Frank Miller
Frank Miller (comics)
Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, writer and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300...
), each composer was assigned to score a different story. Revell scored the music to The Hard Goodbye
The Hard Goodbye
"The Hard Goodbye" is the first Sin City story. It was serialised, as "Sin City," in the comics anthology Dark Horse Presents by Dark Horse Comics and named "The Hard Goodbye" in the trade paperbacks...
(Rodriguez co-scored for tracks four, six and eight); Debney scored The Big Fat Kill
The Big Fat Kill
The Big Fat Kill is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics in November 1994–March 1995.-Plot:The story opens in Shellie's apartment, where a drunken former fling is furiously rapping on her door, demanding to be let in. Shellie is obviously scared, but is...
(Rodriguez co-scored tracks eleven and twelve); Rodriguez scored That Yellow Bastard
That Yellow Bastard
That Yellow Bastard is a six-issue comic book limited series, and the sixth in the Sin City series. It was published by Dark Horse Comics in February–July 1996, It follows the usual black and white noir style artistry of previous Sin City novels, with the exception of yellow on Roark Junior...
as well as the opening credits sequence and the first track in the end credits.
Miscellaneous music
The song featured in the trailers and television spots was an instrumental version of the song "Cells" by The ServantThe Servant (band)
The Servant were an English alternative band, formed in London in 1998. They are popular in Britain, France, Italy, as well as other European countries and western Canada....
and briefly appeared in the movie as a sample.
Track listing
- Sin City (Rodriguez)
- One Hour to Go (Rodriguez)
- Goldie's Dead (Revell)
- Marv (Revell/Rodriguez)
- Bury the Hatchet (Revell)
- Old Town Girls (Revell/Rodriguez)
- The Hard Goodbye (Revell)
- Cardinal Sin (Revell/Rodriguez)
- Her Name is Goldie (Revell)
- Dwight (Debney)
- Old Town (Debney/Rodriguez)
- Deadly Little Miho (Debney/Rodriguez)
- Warrior Woman (Debney)
- Tar Pit (Debney)
- Jackie Boy's Head (Debney)
- The Big Fat Kill (Debney)
- Nancy (Rodriguez)
- Prison Cell (Rodriguez)
- Absurd (FlukeFluke (band)Fluke are an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band's manager...
) - Kiss of Death (Rodriguez)
- That Yellow Bastard (Rodriguez)
- Hartigan (Rodriguez)
- Sensemaya (Revueltas)
- Sin City End Titles (Rodriguez)
Credits
- Executive Producer: Robert Townson
- Conducted by John DebneyJohn DebneyJohn C. Debney is an American film composer. He received an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...
- Score Recorded and Mixed by Alan Meyerson
- Additional Conducting: Bruce Babcock
- Electronic Score Engineer: Wolfgang Amadeus
- Music Score Coordinator: Lola Debney
- Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony
- Package Design by Matthew Joseph Peak / SoundChaser Studios
Reviews
Jerry McCulley of Amazon.comAmazon.com
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says, "While their largely synth-driven cues tend naturally towards brooding atmospheric soundscapes, their tense electro-rhythms are seasoned with bracing doses of sinewy, sensual sax and dotted with the occasional bongo flourish, details that musically evoke both a shadowy humanity and the film's genre-savvy roots."
Mike Brennan of SoundtrackNet
SoundtrackNet
- History :Created in 1997 by David A. Koran and Dan Goldwasser at Carnegie Mellon University, the site has grown over the past decade to become one of the leading websites covering the film music industry in Hollywood....
gives it four stars saying, "While each composer brings a different style and feel to the film, the rough saxophone and sorrowful trumpet and vocal solos maintain a soundscape that keeps the film one entity rather than three separate stories. Behind a groundbreaking visual piece is also a unique musical journey that truly takes the listener into the world of Sin City."
Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks.com
Filmtracks.com
Filmtracks.com is a leading modern film score review website created and maintained out of Missoula, Montana by its sole reviewer, Christian Clemmensen...
said, "Sin City is a decent score with an excellent rendering. No single element will blow you away (other than that final Debney cue), but its whole is surprisingly organic and pulpy."